In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Harold, > Yes that information is available dynamically as you described. However, I > can think of at least two situations where what he wants to do is not only > useful but an excellent optimization.
I've done denormalizations like that more than once, but only after being absolutely sure that 1. I had _serious_ performance problems 2. I couldn't solve them by other means 3. The cure wasn't worse than the disease That's why I told Laszlo "Don't do it!" and implied "... unless you know what you're doing" ;-) -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
